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Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, March 1 18, 1954
HEPPNER GAZETTE T I M E S THIRTY YEARS AGO
MOBROW COONTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette, established March 30, 1883. The Heppner Times, established
November 18, 1897. Consolidated February 15, 1912.
NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHERS
ASSOCIATION
ROBERT FENLAND
Editor and Publisher
GRETCHEN PENLAND
Associate Publisher
NATIONAL EDITORIAL
I ASSOCIATION
Published Every Thursday and Entered at the Post'Office at Heppner, Oregon, as Second Class Matter
Subscription Rates: Morrow and Grant Counties, $3.00 Year; Elsewhere $4.00 Year. Single Coey 10 cents.
For A Better Understanding
Gazette Times German Edition
This week's Gazette Times will look quite
strange to most of our readers. Also, it will pro
bably sound a little strange, at least a little dif
ferent, from the kind of newspaper we usually
publish. It does so for a reason.
The Gazette Times is privileged to have on its
staff for this week, Juergen Dobberke, a Berlin,
Germany newspaperman who is in this country as
an exchange student to learn something of Amer
ica and the American way of life. He is here to
learn, and it should be that we should learn from
him something of the German way of life.
During his short stay in Morrow county he
has spoken of his country on three occasions pos
sibly a hundred or so people could hear him
and it is the feeling of this paper that all of our
readers should have the opportunity to get some,
even though small, understanding of how he
would handle news stories and "makeup" a paper
in his country. That is why this issue of the Ga
zette Times looks and sounds strange. He has
written a few of the stories and he has guided
us in the style we have used in making up the
front page and the stories we have chosen to put
on that page. It has been done approximately
as it would be done on his paper in Berlin, Der
Tag.
The purpose of the State Department's excharjge
program is to promote and develop a better under
standing between nations and it is only logical
that newspapermen who play a part in telling the
people of each country what is going on in their
own country, and in the rest of the world, should
be included in such a program. Juergen Dobberke
is in Heppner for five days to learn how we live in
a small town and how a smalltown paper is pub
lished. We feel that we, too, should try to learn
a little about his way of life and of the things he
considers of prime Importance. One way to do
that is to let him guide us in what we say, and
how we say it, in this week's Gazette Times. The
stories that are played up this week as far as pos
sible, are similar to the type of stories that would
be played up in Germany with one exception.
That exception is, in most cases "Foreign Office",
of world news takes the top spot on page one of
Berlin palters. An American weekly paper norm-
From files of the Gazette Times
March 20, 1924
A barn on the Krebs Bros, ranch
at Cecil was destroyed by fire on
Tuesday evening, the fire origi
nated from the branch line local.
Paul Webb, who is here from
Walla Walla, states that he will
again take charge of the big
Webb stock ranch in this county,
and later on rehabilitate the
same.
ally does not cover such news so we took what
would probably be second choice in Germany,
'"feature" or "human interest" stories for our top
stories. Logically those stories should be written
for us by Dobberke, as they have been.
The style of this week's page one headlines and
the way th epaper is made up is in keeping with
German style too, yet to us the most important
thing we have learned from him, and we hope our
readers may realize from his stories, is the great
amount of knowledge of America that he has ab
sorbed in only six months . . . knowledge that he
will take back to his country that he and his peo
ple may have a better understanding of the Amer
ican oeonle.
Dobberke has lived with the publishers of the
Gazette Times during this week and it has given
us an unmatched opportunity to learn from him
much about Germany, its people and its prob
lems that we did not know. Not every one here
can live with him for a time, as we have, and to
try to give to the rest of our neighbors a bit of
that opportunity we have tried to let our paper do
it for us this week. To those who are not fami
liar with the German language, the meaning in
some of the phrases in his stories may be a little
vague, yet if they are read carefully, most read
ers will find what we feel is a very deep under
standing of America an understanding that we
who live here are too close to see or to realize.
If the government's exchange program is to be
effective, we in America must get from Dobberke,
and the others who come here under the program's
sponsorship, a better understanding of what he
and his people must face in their day-by-day life,
what is the uppermost in their minds, how living
is in a city that is divided by the Iron Curtain. If
Dobberke's few stories can give us just a little
better insight into Germany, a country that has
for many years been a problem not only to the
world, but also to itself, there is hope that eventu
ally solutions can be found to the problems which
confront the governments and the peoples of all
the world.
Without a mutual understanding among' all
peoples, there can be no solutions. Juergen Dob
berke's visit here, and our efforts through this
paper today are but a small step toward a better
understanding among peoples of the wonu . .
and we think it is a step in the right direction
When we all "know", maybe then can there be
peace.
Barney Doherty came in from
his big Sand Hollow ranch on
Sunday and was here for the St.
Patrick's day ceremonies.
Jack Mulligan of the Pendleton
Music House, was a visitor here
over Sunday.
The Willing Workers of the
Christian church will hold their
usual monthly food sale at the
store of Humphreys Drug com
pany on Saturday, at which time
there will be many good eats for
the Sunday dinner.
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in thp two nonnartisan nositiolis. dents.
Incumbent Gov. Paul L. Patterson! convicted
NearlvlS.WO persons were, hunters in Oregon that there is
' ' n i Vinlf an nnen season in Pact.
f v olating uu-k"" ouiy
Letter to the Editor
Dear Mr. l'enland:
An incident which occurred in
the daily work of the Congress
last week was lost in the head
lines of Ihe more spectacular
Washington news stories. I
should, accordingly, like to call
it to the attention of the readers
of your newspaper.
'iTie Forest Highways Appro
priations Act, which is of major
importance to us in the Pacific
Northwest, contained ten million
dollars this year rather than the
fifteen million dollars which we
felt necessary to maintain these
roads. Making increases by am
endment during legislative con
sideration and debate is very
unusual. Often tried, it rarely
succeeds.
However, your freshman Con
gressman, Sam Coon, offered the
necessary amendment, presented
his case and despite spirited op
position, it was carried. The feel
ing of the House toward Sam is
probably expressed by John J.
Ilooney. a Brooklyn Democrat,
who led the opposition and who
certainly is not known for his in
terest in our forest highways. As
the Congressional Record shows,
Kooney slated that any Republi
can who wants to opwse Sam's
bill would be faced with a real
problem. "It all emantes," he
said, "from the geniality of the
eentlcman from Oregon. There
are very few members of the ma
jority side who would care to vote
against the amendment of the
genial and distinguished gentle
man from Oregon."
Kooney expresses in words bet
ter than I can just how highly
Sam is thought of by his collea
gues an all important factor in
accomplishment here.
While it is true that the others
of us from the Pacific Northwest
worked with him to sustain his
nmondment. the fact remains
that he was a leader of the suc
cessful fight and it is to him
that we doff our Congressional
hats. Sincerely yours,
Walter Norblad
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would like to be elected governor
on the Republican ticket. As
President of the 1953 Senate he
became governor when Gov.
Douglas McKay was appointed
Secretary of the Interior. Patter
son has served in the legislature
during four sessions. He will be
opposed by Secretary of State
Earl T. Newbry who has served
five sessions in the Legislature
and six years as secretary of
state. The only Democratic candi.
date, and certain of nomination,
is Joseph K. Carson. State Supt.
of Public Instruction Rex Putnam
is without opposition for reelec
tion on the nonpartisan ballot.
He has held this office with a
record of high efficiency for 17
vears which also is among the
top records for length of service j
in a state office. There are two
candidates for the Republican
nomination for Labor Commis-:
sioner, S. Eugene Allen and Her-;
bert E. Barker. The winner of.
this race will face Norman O. i
Nilsen the lone Democrat candi-
date.
LOSE IF THEY WIN
Operators of state liquor agen-;
cies can run for the Legislature,;
Attorney General Robert Y. Thorn-'
ton ruled this week. Before they
throw a shoe running, however,'
they must resign if elected as
legislators aren't permitted to
Have contractual relations with
the state.
MUST LEARN THE HARD WAY
January -February convictions
for violation of Oregon traffic
1;jhvc unra nmnnrr thp highest for
The list of those who are due to wo m(jnth iod Thpse vjo.
land in the pilot house, in ttle: iations are definite proof, says
rigging or hit the deck of Ore-Spcrpt f)f gta(e Ear) T New.
gon's Ship of State was narrowed thflt m im1ividuals still
down to 272 candidates for nomi-do m)t rw,0J?nlze lhe roie viola.
nation when filings closed asti u , , bringing on acci-
1-riuuy. me may i)i"no
tion should reduce this figure to
175. At the top of the ticket Re
publican incumbent U. S. Senator
Guy Gordon has no GOP oppon-;
ent and State Senator Richard L.j
Neuberger, Democrat, has no op-j
ponent for his party. They are as
sured of being nominated and
will scrap it out in November. Re-,
publican and Democrat candi-1
dates for congress in the 1st, 2nd(
and 4th districts have no opposi-j
tion in their parties and are as
good as nominated. In Novem-
ber it will be Rep. Walter Norblad
(R) vs. Donnell Mitchell ID) in'
the 1st. Dist. In the 2nd Dust. Rep.
Sam Coon (R vs. Albert C. Ull-
man (D) and in the 4th Dist. Rep.
Harris Ellsworth (R vs. Charles
O. Porter (D). In the 3rd Dist.
Rep. Homer D. Angell (Ri has two
Republican opponents, Thomas
Lawson McCall and A. V. Laf
ferty. One of three Democrats,
Edith Green, S. C. Johnston or II.
H. Stollard will be the Democratic
nominee.
Supreme Court Justices Wil
liam C. Perry and James T. Brant
are reelected without opposition
offi-
trMffi,- laws dtinn
.i,r,rv Most violations
dais saw do not stem from lack
of knowledge of the law but from
inattention or discourtesy ol
drivers. Newbry urges Oregon
motor vehicle drivers to make
"courtesy" their code on the high-
NEED NEW DUCK SEASONS
It is just dawning on duck
January and' em Oregon and only half a sea
son in tne western nau ui me
state. The ducks did it. The scat
ter gun toters are not blaming
the game commission but they
expect them to do something
about it. Usually duck flights
start in eastern Oregon a week or
so before the season opens, tor
menting the anxious hunters
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' Has served on state Grange Agricultural committee foi
five years, and has been committee chairman for past four
years.
Born and reared in Morrow county.
Operates family-size farm.
His Motto and Platform
"Spend The Money Where It Does
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Raymond Lundell
Pd. Adv. Peterson for County Judge Comm.,
O. W. Cutsforth, Chairman.
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